Lamentations 3:31
For the Lord will not cast off for ever.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
For the Lord will not cast off for ever:
In Context
30Let him give his cheek to him that smiteth him, let him be filled full with reproach.
32For though He cause grief, yet will He have compassion according to the multitude of His mercies.
Cross References
1 Samuel 12:22For the LORD will not forsake His people for His great name's sake; because it hath pleased the LORD to make you a people unto Himself.
1 Kings 11:39And I will for this afflict the seed of David, but not for ever.'
Psalms 94:14For the LORD will not cast off His people, neither will He forsake His inheritance.
Isaiah 27:8In full measure, when Thou sendest her away, Thou dost contend with her; He hath removed her with His rough blast in the day of the east wind.
Isaiah 57:16For I will not contend for ever, neither will I be always wroth; for the spirit that enwrappeth itself is from Me, and the souls which I have made.
Jeremiah 32:40and I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from them, to do them good; and I will put My fear in their hearts, that they shall not depart from Me.
Matthew Henry on Lamentations 3:22-37
Words of Comfort to Israel; The Benefit of Afflictions; Comfort to the Afflicted. ( b. c. 588.) 21 This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope. 22 It is of the Lord 's mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. 23 They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness. 24 The Lord is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him. 25 The Lord is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him. 26 It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the… Read the whole commentary →